More spidery goodness

[RoadKingLarry]

I pulled an all nighter working on the brakes on my Jeep M715.
It was a fairly straightforward wheel cylinder replacement and the job went smoothly on the rear passenger side with no mechanical hang ups.

I shoulda known it was a bad omen, it just isn't natural for thing to go right when you're working on a 40+ year old truck.

 On the rear drivers side I disconnected the brake line and pulled the backing plate to make it easier to do the modification I was working. To disconnect the brake line I pretty much was working by feel behind the backing plate.
One I pulled the plate I noticed this little darling.





Of course the obvious course was to kill it with fire. I grabbed a long butane lighter and gave her and the egg sacs a dose of flame thrower action.
 I should have payed more attention to the egg sacs.
Apparently the little vermin were ready to hatch, a minute or so after I went back to work there were thousands of tiny black widow spiders crawling on me, the truck and my tools. Wasted used to good effect 1/2 a can of brake cleaner on the little vermin. Had the creepy crawlies ever since.

[Lee]

All I can say is JEEPERS CREEPERS!!

[Strings]

*GROAN*

You should really be PUNished for that, Lee!

[Declaration Day]

Brake parts cleaner is an effective bug killer.  So much so, that I use it on bees and wasps because it does the same job as wasp spray for half the price.

In this case i would have used my small propane torch, not a butane lighter!

[Fitz]

I had a similar thing happen to me when working on an f4i streetfighter project. Egg sac hatched. Hundreds of spiders on my arm. screamed like a girl, and had the heebie jeebies for hours after.

[Tallpine]

Maybe you could install some air shocks to beef up those rear springs 

 

[RevDisk]

Of course the obvious course was to kill it with fire. I grabbed a long butane lighter and gave her and the egg sacs a dose of flame thrower action.
 I should have payed more attention to the egg sacs.
Apparently the little vermin were ready to hatch, a minute or so after I went back to work there were thousands of tiny black widow spiders crawling on me, the truck and my tools. Wasted used to good effect 1/2 a can of brake cleaner on the little vermin. Had the creepy crawlies ever since.

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You tried torching a Black Widow nest, and did not use enough fire? 

Dude. What the heck were you thinking? Always use more fire.

[Hutch]

Bloody HELL that shivers me timbers.  That image will haunt my nightmares.

[RoadKingLarry]

Maybe you could install some air shocks to beef up those rear springs 

 

The dainty little thing is only rated at 5/4 ton. A 1/2 cord of green oak just kind of smooths out the ride.

[never_retreat]

What is happening to this site. 8 posts and no one mentions the dam det cord.
I would torch the whole truck to be sure.

[Jamie B]

Bloody HELL that shivers me timbers.  That image will haunt my nightmares.

No kidding! I am not sleeping well tonight, either.......

After this, a good nightmare would be an improvement.

[Strings]

But she's so CUTE!

[AmbulanceDriver]

I'll be over in the corner twitching and gibbering for the next half hour or so...  I may need some kind of sedative.  Start with the booze, and if that doesn't work, then that's what the big wood hammer sitting next to me is for....   :)

[MrsSmith]

So it would seem I'm not the only one who gets creeped out by spiders.

 

[AmbulanceDriver]

I can handle spiders if they're:

a) not freakin' on me!
b) somewhere that I can get them with the vacuum cleaner hose.